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5 Breathtaking Views Of The World...As Seen By Eagles (And One Condor)

The phrase "bird's-eye-view" has really taken on a whole new meaning with the advent of the GoPro camera. And eagles (a common name for some members of the bird family Accipitridae) have some of the best views -- who wouldn't from thousands of feet up in the air?

Here are some of the most spectacular eagle points-of-views:

1. The hills of Mongolia -- at 120 miles per hour.

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Golden eagles are some of the fastest fliers around -- as is clear from this stunning footage taken in Mongolia.

2. The highest mountain in the Alps, as seen from the back of the largest European eagle.

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Mont-Blanc is a spectacular sight, especially when seen from a viewed from a sea eagle's point of view.

3. An eagle's point-of-view ... and an eagle selfie.

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A sea eagle in Western Australia scooped up a motion-sensor camera that was being used by researchers to monitor crocodiles, and took some amazing footage of the scenery -- and of himself.

4. A condor can take stunning footage, too.

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Ok, condors are not actually in the same family as eagles (condors belong to the Cathartidae family). But this footage of a condor -- the largest flying land bird in the Western Hemisphere -- soaring over the Andes was just too spectacular to leave out.

5. How to dodge trees like an eagle.

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Everyone knows the French Alps are picturesque. This eagle knows it more than anyone else.